Re: [PATCH net-next 2/2] net: Change TCA_ACT_* to TCA_ID_* to match that of TCA_ID_POLICE

[Jiri Pirko]

Fri, Feb 08, 2019 at 09:01:42AM CET, simon.horman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 07, 2019 at 09:45:49AM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
>> Modify the kernel users of the TCA_ACT_* macros to use TCA_ID_*. For
>> example, use TCA_ID_GACT instead of TCA_ACT_GACT. This will align with
>> TCA_ID_POLICE and also differentiates these identifier, used in struct
>> tc_action_ops type field, from other macros starting with TCA_ACT_.
>> 
>> To make things clearer, we name the enum defining the TCA_ID_*
>> identifiers and also change the "type" field of struct tc_action to
>> id.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>...
>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
>> index 7ab55f97e7c4..51a0496f78ea 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/pkt_cls.h
>> @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ enum {
>>  #define TCA_ACT_SAMPLE 26
>>  
>>  /* Action type identifiers*/
>> -enum {
>> +enum tca_id {
>>  	TCA_ID_UNSPEC = 0,
>>  	TCA_ID_POLICE = 1,
>>  	TCA_ID_GACT = TCA_ACT_GACT,
>
>This change updates the UAPI. It seems to me that it would not
>break existing users. But I would like to ask if this has been
>given due consideration.

Sure it has. I believe this is UAPI-safe change.